Tuesday, February 1, 2011

A 30 Second Emotional Roller Coaster Ride

A few days ago I ordered some DVDs (Spring Breakdown among them) from Amazon and they were scheduled to arrive today. While at work, I kind of forgot, but then as I walked closer and closer to my house, I remembered, and I nearly ran home. I didn't run, because of the snow and ice and because I don't like running if I'm not being chased. But I was excited to get my movies. As I approached my front door I experienced the wildest emotional roller coaster to be had in 30 seconds.
I walked up to the door and I saw the yellow UPS sticker indicating they had been there. I was sad as I wished they could just leave the packages. I got really sad.
Then I approached the door and read the sticker. It read "In your absence your package was left under the mailbox." I got really happy.
Then I looked under the mailbox and nothing was there. I got really sad.
Then I peered through the door I was opening towards the lobby and saw the package. A neighbor and brought it inside and left it on the steps. I was really really happy.

If I were graph my emotions as a function of time, it would look like this:

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About Me

I fancy myself to be many things: a writer, a rocket scientist, a filmmaker, a barista, a government contractor, a sailor, a humorist. I live in the mid-Atlantic now, by way of the Northeast, by way of the Mid-West.